A44 crash in Ceredigion on 24 October 2002 at 16:58 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier, two cars and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A44 in Ceredigion at 16:58 on Thursday 24 October 2002. The 70-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 and a 60-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Oct 2002
- Thursday, 16:58
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Cavalier and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4111, longitude -4.01182, in the SY23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ceredigion
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200263BC22002
- Council area
- Ceredigion
- Police force
- Dyfed-Powys
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 44
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4159
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 2000.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 24 August 2000
At the same spotRef 200063AA13900
Slight
ERF crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 9 August 2002
At the same spotRef 200263BC16002
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 14 August 2002
At the same spotRef 200263BC16102
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 2 December 2000
At the same spotRef 200063AA20800
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4159 in Ceredigion, 25 November 2002
At the same spotRef 200263BC24102
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A44 in Ceredigion, 6 April 2001
At the same spotRef 200163BC00501
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
Vehicle 4: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200263BC22002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ceredigion road accident statistics for 2002.